Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn
• Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney^[2]
• Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer (Quebec)
• Parliament – 34th

Provincial governments

Territorial governments

January to June

• January: CBC Television's documentary series The Valour and the Horror is criticized by Canadian veterans' groups for reportedly misrepresenting Canadian military conduct during World War II.
• January 22: On STS-42, Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
• February 6: Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Canada
• April 5: The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq-supported religious right group.
• April 16 to 19: Abduction and murder of Kristen French.
• May: Geological Survey of Canada expedition measures elevation of Mount Logan to 5,959 m.
• May 7: Three employees are murdered and one permanently disabled during a robbery at a McDonald's restaurant in Sydney River, Nova Scotia.
• May 9: 26 miners are killed in the Westray Mine Disaster.
• May 17: Official opening of celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Montreal.

July to September

• July 1:
  • Celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Confederation.
  • The Van Doos launch a successful operation to secure control of Sarajevo's airport.
  • Snowdrift, Northwest Territories, is renamed Łutselkʼe
• July 2: a two-year shutdown of the cod fishery is announced.
• August 8: During the Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour, Metallica frontman and guitarist James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns during the band's concert at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. A riot broke out after Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose complained of throat problems and called off the band's set after just 55 minutes.
• August 12: the details of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are released.
• August 22: The final draft of the Charlottetown Accord, a proposed package of constitutional amendments, is released.
• August 24: A mechanical engineering professor, Valery Fabrikant, opens fire at Concordia University in Montreal killing four people.
• September 4: Nine workers at the Giant Mine are killed after striking employee Roger Warren detonates a bomb in the mine shaft.

October to December

• October: The ban on homosexuals in the Canadian military is lifted, following a legal challenge by Michelle Douglas.
• October 19: Yukon elections: John Ostashek's YP wins only a minority.
• October 24: The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2, winning their first World Series Title and becoming the first Canadian team to win the World Series.
• October 26: The Charlottetown Accord is rejected in a nationwide referendum.
• October 28: The 1992 Manitoba municipal elections take place.
• November 5: A referendum endorsing the creation of Nunavut is successful in the Northwest Territories.
• November 7: John Ostashek becomes government leader of the Yukon, replacing Tony Penikett.
• December 15: The first members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment arrive in Somalia on an ill-fated humanitarian mission.
• December 16: Ralph Klein succeeds Don Getty as Premier of Alberta.
• December 17: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs the NAFTA deal.

Full date unknown

• Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
• Agriculture Canada introduces a national BSE prevention program.
• Delwin Vriend, an Alberta teacher, wins a court case against the Alberta Human Rights Commission regarding the status of LGBT persons under the province's human rights legislation. The case was appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal; see 1994 in Canada.
• Charles de Gaulle Obelisk, Montreal unveiled.
• Remsoft, an asset management software provider is founded.^[3]

New books

• The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje
• Tales from Firozsha Baag: Rohinton Mistry
• Inkorrect thots: bill bissett
• Mother, not mother: Di Brandt

Awards

• Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins the Booker Prize, the first Canadian to do so.
• See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
• Gerald Lampert Award: Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
• Pat Lowther Award: Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground
• Marian Engel Award: Joan Barfoot
• Stephen Leacock Award: Roch Carrier, Prayers of a Very Wise Child
• Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Kevin Major

Music

• Alanis, Now Is the Time
• Barenaked Ladies, Gordon
• Beau Dommage, Beau Dommage au Forum
• Blue Rodeo, Lost Together
• Bootsauce, Bull
• La Bottine Souriante, Jusqu'aux p'tites heures
• Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Superior Cackling Hen
• The Box, Decade of the Box
• Change of Heart, Smile
• Leonard Cohen, The Future
• Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man
• 54-40, Dear Dear
• Front Line Assembly, Tactical Neural Implant
• Hart-Rouge, Le dernier mois de l'année
• hHead, Fireman
• Intermix, Intermix
• Jr. Gone Wild, Pull the Goalie
• Lava Hay, With a Picture in Mind
• Leslie Spit Treeo, Book of Rejection
• Martha and the Muffins, Modern Lullaby
• Moxy Früvous, Moxy Früvous
• Sarah McLachlan, Live EP
• The Northern Pikes, Neptune
• The Nylons, Live to Love
• The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love
• Rheostatics, Whale Music
• Jane Siberry, A Collection 1984–1989 and Summer in the Yukon
• Skydiggers, Restless
• Sloan, Peppermint and Smeared
• The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely
• The Waltons, Lik My Trakter
• The Watchmen, mclarenfurnaceroom

Television

• August 28 : The last episode of the children's series The Raccoons on CBC Television

January to March

• January 1 – Freddie Hamilton, hockey player
• January 7 – Erik Gudbranson, hockey player
• January 11
  • Laysla De Oliveira, actress
  • Mark Pysyk, hockey defenceman
• January 21 – Quinton Howden, hockey player
• January 27 – Connor Widdows, actor
• January 31 – Tyler Seguin, professional ice hockey winger
• February 9 – Avan Jogia, actor
• February 12 – Amanda Laine, model
• February 18
  • Brandon Gormley, hockey defenceman
  • Melinda Shankar, actress
• March 8 – Julien Collin-Demers, short track speed skater
• March 23 – Vanessa Morgan, actress and singer

April to June

• April 1 – Gabriela Dabrowski, tennis player
• April 2 – John McFarland, hockey player
• April 5 – Emmalyn Estrada, singer
• April 11 – Victoria Hayward, softball player
• April 15 – Calvin Pickard, professional ice hockey goaltender
• April 20 – Dylan McIlrath, hockey defenceman
• April 21 – Maude Jacques, Paralympic wheelchair basketball player (died 2023)
• April 24 – Joanna Lenko, ice dancer
• April 27 – J.P. Anderson, hockey goaltender
• April 29 – Sarah Freeman, junior alpine skier
• May 2 – Brett Connolly, hockey player
• May 5 – Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, short track speed skater
• May 6 – Brendan Gallagher, ice hockey player
• May 7 – Alexander Ludwig, actor
• May 13 – Keltie Hansen, freestyle skier
• May 14 – A.J. Saudin, actor
• May 16 – Jeff Skinner, hockey player
• May 18 – Laurie Kingsbury, ice hockey player
• May
  • Aaron Brown, sprinter
  • Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, canoeist
• May 31 – VanossGaming, Youtuber
• June 4 – Savannah King, swimmer
• June 23 – Louis-Philippe Dury, actor
• June 25 – Jaden Schwartz, hockey player

July to December

• July 1 – Andrew Chalmers, actor
• July 4 – Chris Haughton, cadet olympic recurve archer
• July 24 – Mikaël Kingsbury, freestyle skier
• July 27 – Tory Lanez, rapper
• July 31 – Ryan Johansen, hockey player
• August 7 – Mark Visentin, hockey player
• August 9 – Burkely Duffield, actor
• August 29 – Carolyn MacCuish, figure skater
• September 3 – Nicholas Lindsay, soccer player
• September 19 – Kelsey Balkwill, athlete
• September 28 – Keir Gilchrist, actor
• October 5 – Eric Cabral, actor
• October 6 – Josh Archibald, ice hockey player
• October 17 – Mikaël Grenier, racing driver
• October 28 – Zack Phillips, ice hockey player
• November 4 – Josh Janniere, soccer player
• November 22 – Natalie Achonwa, basketball player
• November 28 – Cameron Ansell, actor
• December 5 – Natalie Sourisseau, field hockey player^[4]
• December 7 – Sean Couturier, hockey player
• December 11 – Dalton Pompey, baseball player
• December 21
  • Andrew Chalmers, teen actor
  • Haylee Wanstall, actress

January to March

• February 1 – Gary Lautens, humorist and newspaper columnist (born 1928)
• February 5 – Maxwell Meighen, financier (born 1908)
• February 25 – Louis Harrington Lewry, politician and reporter (born 1919)
• February 27 – S. I. Hayakawa, academic and politician (born 1906)
• March 3 – Robert Beatty, actor (born 1909)
• March 14 – Bill Allum, ice hockey player (born 1916)
• March 26 – Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (born 1937)

April to June

• April 10 – Cec Linder, actor (born 1921)
• April 15 – Mud Bruneteau, professional ice hockey forward who player (born 1914)
• April 19 – Kristen French, murder victim (born 1976)
• May 9 – James Allan, politician (born 1894)

July to December

• July 5 – Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (born 1922)
• July 11 – Munroe Bourne, swimmer (born 1910)
• July 24 – Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (born 1900)
• July 30 – Joe Shuster, comic book artist (born 1914)
• September 3 – Émile Benoît, musician (born 1913)
• September 14 – Paul Martin Sr., politician (born 1903)
• September 27 – Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, diplomat, civil servant and 5th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (born 1898)
• November 4 – George Klein, inventor (born 1904)
• November 14 – Greg Curnoe, painter (born 1936)
• December 13 – K. C. Irving, entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1899)
• December 28 – Pudlo Pudlat, artist (born 1916)